An option for further learning in BSL

As there is no course next term and it's a long time until September, how about this...an online course for only £20. Worth a go?
If anyone does sign up for this course then do let me know what you think of it!

Click the picture to visit the page

Four Deaf Men go to Blackpool, a short comedic film

A short film - a Deaf Comedy in BSL.

Click the picture to watch the film. See what signs you recognise and see how the humour is signed.

Make your vote count and support adult education in Gateshead!

It is time to vote for learners, tutors, or groups learning in Gateshead who have done well, overcome. barriers or challenges, changed someone's life, or are of high quality. Here is the link to the page on Gateshead Council's website:

Click the picture above to go to the page.

A Deaf video biography

This fascinating and highly informative video on a famous Deaf person is just over half an hour long. It is published by BSL Zone in British Sign Language with English spoken commentary and subtitles.

Videos like these are essential viewing when trying to get a fuller picture of what it is like being a Deaf person from a linguistic and cultural minority group.

Enjoy and ask any questions in class if you wish. Click on the photo below to go to the video.

Back for another trip in to sign!

This week we start our second term of the course. Like last time we will have the chance to explore this wonderful rich cultural group and learn something about their unique language, British Sign Language. This term we will look at:

• Deaf/deaf - how communication differs and a brief look at what it can be like being Deaf/deaf.
• The manual alphabet for fingerspelling English words and when this is used.
• Everyday BSL including grammar, hand shapes, numbers, colours and a range of basic everyday vocabularies.
• Different ways to have fun whilst playing games to practice skills and grow our confidence.
• Deaf life - cultural and social, communication, barriers and solutions, sign poetry and storytelling, and an introduction to Deaf history.

Should be fun!

Room change next week

Hi Everyone.
We are on the move next week. We will be back on the ground floor but in the library. This is the opposite door to the room where we used to be downstairs. We will see how this works but it should be okay. Next term we will back in the large room downstairs - "the lounge".
See you all next week.

BSLZone films: Dot Miles, the greatest Deaf artist of all time?

Watch Deaf artists perform some of Dot Mile's profound and celebratory poems in these short films from BSLZone. Click the picture below and choose your film. First watch "Langue For The Eye" performed by Paul Scott. We will talk about this one in class.